Hi alexander -- on May 01 2015 at 19:00, you wrote:   
      
    ak>> .... red eyes weren't a symptom of rabies, or, for that   
    ak>> matter, anything seen out? side of the kind of film that   
    ak>> neither of the Tylers would be caught dead at but knew all   
    ak>> they needed to know about, thank you very much.   
      
    DH>> Which part don't you understand, Alexander?   
      
   ak> Well, can you write me the part of the sentence after "or" in your   
   ak> own words? Don't forget about "thank you very much", at the end. :)   
   ak> Maybe after that I'll understand it.   
      
   Ah, now I understand your problem. There is a type of person who has never   
   seen "art" films, or pornography (or even erotica) but who considers they know   
   all about such things and don't approve. They say things like:   
      
   "Popular music? I wouldn't be caught dead at such a thing."  Meaning that   
   there is no chance you would ever see them attend that sort of event. The last   
   sentence is a take off (said without quotation marks) of the sort of sentence   
   that such a person would say. Imagine it being said of a rock concert by a   
   pompous wealthy woman (these stupid statements are usually said by women, I   
   regret to say) in a snooty "I'm better than you are" tone of voice.   
      
   "I've never been to a rock concert but I know all about such things, thank you   
   very much". (the thank you implying that the topic is closed since she knows   
   best.   
      
   This is a very British sort of paragraph, very clearly defining the type of   
   person to us ex-Brits, and very hard to explain!   
      
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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